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Williams ton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, January 18, 1916
ESTABLISHED 1899
Several Cases Are
Dismissed Because
Of Irregularities
Defendants Not Under Bond
And Witnesses Fail To Ap
pear In County Court
It was an off-day for the Martin
County Recorder's Court last Mon
day when defendants and several
witnesses failed to appear, and Judge
J. C. Smith hurriedly brought the
session to a close. If anyone connect
ed with the court was happy he was
not smiling that day.
The session, attracting a very small
crowd, ran into a snag when Solicit
or Paul D. Roberson called one de
fendant after another and received
no answer. It was quickly learned
that special justices had sent the
cases to the county court and requir
ed no bond of the defendants who
chose to hold contempt for the tri
bunal. Judge Smith apparently trac
ed the trouble to the trial justices
and dismissed one case after an
other. That state of affairs aggra
vated the situation, but more indig
nation was indirectly expressed
when it was learned that cases had
been sent to the court for trial and
no witnesses had been summoned.
When a defendant answered and the
state had summoned no witnesses,
the court threw out the cases with
out further ado. Witnesses, employ
ed by the state, were said to ha\e
talked indifferently, and Solicitor
Roberson declared that he hoped he
would not find it necessary to issue
papers calling for the delivery of
state witnesses to the court in per
son.
As far as it could be learned no in
structions or pleas for better coopera
tion among the officers of the sev
eral courts were made, but it is ap
parent from the action of the court
that cases where irregularities exist
will be thrown out in the future.
The session last Monday was a
poor one, the records showing that
only a $25 fine was imposed and
collected along with a small court
cost.
Proceedings:
The case charging James Purvis
with non-support was thrown out of
court, but is subject to be reopened.
Lester Bailey, charged with drunk
en driving, made a motion for a trial
by jury and his case was automati
cally placed on the superior court
docket for trial next March.
The case charging Askew Brown
and Noah Duggins with larceny and
receiving was thrown head over
heels out of court.
Similar action was taken in the
case charging James Purvis with an
assault with a deadly weapon.
Ciotee Watson, charged with dis
orderly conduct and an assault w'ith
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Native Of County
Dies In Hospital
J. Mark Wynne, native of this
county died in a New Bern hospital
''yesterday morning at 5 o’clock fol
lowing an operation he underwent
the day before. He had been in de
clining health for several years, but
his condition was not considered
critical until just a few days ago.
The son of the late Mack G. and
Christine Mobley Wynne, he was
born in Cross Roads Township, this
county, 73 years ago the 22nd of
last month. When a young man he
was married to Miss Claudie Gur
ganus and several years following
her death he was married to Miss
Blanche Pridgen of Jones County.
About a quarter century ago he lo
cated in Maysville, Jones Countv.
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ness and operated a mill tor a iiutn
ber of years.
Mr. Wynne was a member of the
church at Cross Roads for over half
a century.
Funeial services are being con
ducted at his late home in Maysville
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, and
interment will follow in the ceme
tery there. Quite a few relatives
and friends from this county are at
tending the last rites.
Besides his widow he is survived
by two daughters by his first mar
riage, Mrs. T H. Wynne of this coun
ty and Mrs. Leon Stanley of Eliza
betn City, ana by ms secona mar
riage, a son, Joe Wynne who is in
the armed services overseas, and two
daughters, Mrs. Robert Mattox of
Maysville, and Mrs. Julia McNeil of
New York: and three sisters, Mrs. A.
L. Roebuck and Mrs. John T. Ed
mondson of Williamston, and Mrs.
Wiley Rogerson of Robersonville.
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Two Bound Over To The
County Court This W'eek
Two defendants, one charged with
drunken driving and the other with
assaulting a female with a knife,
were bound over (’cur4
for trial in Justice J L. Hassell’s
court this week. Charged with
drunken driving, Denni.- Hasscii was
required to raise bond in the sum of
$100, and Leon Svkes. charsed with
assaulting a female, offered bond in
the sum of $50.
Nvhhfrn T<nimts~fjirSomfr
Through Here In Numbers
Reduced to a mere trickle during
the war years, the flow of northern
tourists through here has increased
into almost a steady stream during
certain hours of the day. In a single
day last week an estimated three
hundred foreign cars passed through
the main street here, or about one
every two minutes, on an average.
Most of the cars carry New York,
Pennsylvania, New' Jersey and Rhode
Island license plates, and most of the
travelers are fairly well advanced in
years. The cars apparently are in
fairly good condition, and occasion
ally one of the 1946 models breezes
through.
The heavy traffic moving south is
causing jams in hotels, tourist homes
and restaurants. It was reported
that approximately seventy-five per
sons seeking sleeping accommoda
tions were unable to find them here
last Wednesday night, and similar
conditions are confronted by others
day after day.
j While no tourists have met with
serious accident on the highways in
this county a fairly heavy toll in
property and human life has been
taken along the main routes, causing
some to say that Florida is a mighty
fine place to vacation—if you can
get there alive.
Aggravated by congested condi
tions in and around Miami, one tour
ist, returning north this week, said
there was not one less than a million
people on the beach there last Sun
day.
Reconversion is slow in many
fields, but the vacationers blossomed
forth over night to restore vacation
travel. There are so many clamor
ing for reservations in New York
that only one out of twelve appli
cants can be served. And all this
goes on despite the fact that club
memberships at some of the resorts
run as high as $5'000 a year and
daily rates of $40 are fairly common.
. TAX LASTING
Started the earlv part of this
month, tax listing in Martin
County, with some few excep
tions, is progressing rapidly,
M. Luther reel said vesterdav.
The task is about three-fourths |
complete in several townships,
and with the exception of Wil
liamston and one or two other
districts mote titan half of the
property owners have listed their
holdings.
No extension has been allow
ed for listing property, and late
listings are subject to penalty, it
was pointed out.
Library Bookmobile
Will Make Regular
Schedule Next Week
New Hooks Have Been Added
To List For Distribution
In The (loiinty
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Another bookmobile trip brings
more new books. Among them the
latest novel of du Maurier, The
King's General. This is her best
since Rebecca. It is a romantic ad
venture story of the English Civil
War with the spotlight on Sir Rich
ard Grenvile and crippled Honor
Harris.
The much discussed and postponed
book by Evelyn Waugh lias made its
appearance. Brideshead Revisited is
another English story. This one,
however, is of a society family be
tween two wars—an extraordinary
love story and modern conflict be
tween religion and divorce.
For a change in setting one may
turn to Hilda Wernher's My Indian
Family. Here is the story of an
European woman who followed her
daughter into India and life with a
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Injured When Hit
By Auto Tuesday
John N. Hopkins, farmer of near
Williamston, was injured early last
Tuesday evening when he was
struck by a cai at Sweet Water Creek
on the Jamesville Highway. The ex
tent of his injuries could not be
learned di finitely, but he entered the
local hospital Wednesday for treat
no -nt,. oqe/eport stating that he was
b ■ V. ; ‘V::
at oru of ; . ‘;y was
bruised.
Stopping tu see a car wrecked cany i
that morning, Mr. Honkins started to
cross the highway and was struck by
a 1939 Ford driven by Selby Price of
Plymouth. He was knocked to the
ciound, but he immediately got up
and declared that he was all right.
A glass in one of the car doors was
broken, Patrolman W. E. Saunders
stating that he believed the door
came open when the driver swerved
the car in an effort to avoid striking
the man.
I SCHOOLS CLOSE I
VJ
Reporting unusually low at
tendance figures yesterday,
three county schools—James
ville, Everetts, and Roberson
ville—suspended classes yester
day afternoon until next Mon
day, it was learned from the of
fice cf the superintendent.
Heavy rains and bad roads
forced attendance figures down
in all the schools, the attend
ance dropping to 58 percent in
Robersonville. Willianiston with
75 percent of its children pres
ent, had about the best record
for the county yesterday.
Several busses mired down in
the mud and did not make their
trips yesterday. Others were
drowned out by the heavy rain.
Sixteen County Men
Reported This Week
For Physical Exams
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Twelve Of Group Come From
FurniH; One Father It*
Inrliuletl lu Lit*!
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Sixteen Martin County white men
or mere lads, for the most part, were
called to report for pre-induction
examinations at Fort Bragg on Wed
nesday of this week. The size of the
call is slightly larger than was ex
pected, hut one or two volunteered
so they could determine their draft
status before making plans to farm
this year.
Twelve of the group come from
the farms, and a father is included
in the list for the first time in re
cent weeks. The father did not file
his marital status with his draft
board in Ohio, but if he passes the
preliminary test it is likely that he
will stale the facts and escape the
call for final induction. Ten of the
sixteen called are just eighteen years
old, the ages of the others ranging
up to 23 years.
Names of the men called, their
| registration and last-given addresses
| follow:
Naaman Knox, RFD 2, Roberson
ville.
James Oliver Carrow, Williamston
and Houma, La.
Floyd Mayo Harrison, RFD 2, Wil
liamston.
Jerry Saunders Raynor, RFD 3,
Williamston.
George Thomas Bailey, Cincinnati
and RFD 1, Robersonville. Bailey
I was transferred from the Ohio board.
Simon Lillev, Jr., RFD 1, Williams
, ton.
Alton Dean Andrews, RF'D 2, Rob
1 ersonville.
Howard Chesson Bowen, RFD 2,
Williamston.
Jesse Reuben Brown, RFD 3, Wil
liamston.
Joseph Ray Leary, RFD 2, Wil
l liamston.
James Edward Whitaker, RFD 3,
Williamston.
J. Wilson Wiggins, RFD 1, Wil
liamston.
Vernon McNeal Coffield, RFD 1,
Palmyra. .
Kader Burroughs Taylor. RFD 3,
Williamston.
A call for final induction is being
issued to a small number of white
men, instructing them to report the
latter part of this month.
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Mrs. Jas. M. Taylor
Funeral services were conducted
last Monday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
in the Stoneville Methodist Church
for Mrs. James M. Taylor, mother of
Mr. J. B. Taylor of Wuliamston, who
died at her home there last Saturday
at 6:10 o’clock p. m. Her pastor, Rev.
W. V. Shinn, conducted the last rites.
Mis. Tavlor had suffered several
strokes, and had been confined to
her bed for about two years. Pneu
monia developed and her condition
was critical for several days before
the end.
Mis. Tavlor was born in Stokes
County 78 years ago and following
her marriage located in Forsyth
County at Stoneville.
Besides her husband she is surviv
1 ed by eight sons, Dr. L. A. Taylor and
M. D. Taylor of Winston-Salem, W.
E. Taylor of Warsaw, J. B of Wil
liamston, J. W. of Norfolk, and G. H.,
J. M. and Lester Taylor of Stoneville;
i three daughters, Mrs. Leon Cahill of
| Winston-Salem, Mrs. Frank King of
Stoneville, and Mrs. Frank Townes
of Raleigh; four sisters, Mrs. Walter
Hutcherson, Mrs. John Martin and
Mrs. Henry Thomas Corn of Sandy
Ridge, and Mrs. C. H. Lawson of
Orbing, Wasningion; two brothers,
Messrs. Frank and Fletcher Smith oi
High Point; seventeen grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor and sons,
J. B., Jr., and Sammy, attended the
funeral from here.
jas. S. Whitehurst
Reviews Record Of
Martin County Young Man
Was On Famous Ship Dur
ing Pacific Campaign
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(Having described a rest at Ulithi,
two surprise raids on Kyushu Island,
the first of which was also surpris
ing to American pilots, and the skirt
ing of a typhoon by the carrier Task
Force 38, Whitehurst now tells of the
resting and repairing of the ships at
Leyte and the return to action direct
ly off Tokyo.—-Ed.)
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Leyte—Another Spot on the Globe
After the day-ling strike-day rou
tines, our arrival in Levte Gulf in the
Philippines was a welcome change.
Not only did we add a new spot on
the globe to our list of travels, but
also it was a chance once again to re
lax a bit from the war.
It was hard to believe, as we drop
ped anchor in the quiet waters of
Leyte Gulf, that there was still heavy
fighting going on the north and south
of us as the doughboys crowded the
Japs back into the hills of Luzon and
Mindanao. We didn't think too much
about it either, for hardly had the
anchor dropped than the basketball
court was cleared and the in-port
marathon of games began once again.
A couple of days later beach parties
were started also and we put the
Japs far into the back of our minds
while we enjoyed the recreation par
ties, ball games, movies and our nuiil
. Not to mention the rare privi
lege of “sleeping in" until 5:30 in the
morning.
Ail was not rest, However, tor soon
the dreaded working party lists be
gan to appear for reprovisioning the
ship, telling which men would soon
have sore hacks and knotted muscles
from loading stores.
Toward the end of our Philippine
! period, interest began to pick up on
board in the war and our next opera
tion. For sailors who are used to
(reading the “hand-writing on the
iwall” it appeared that this next trip
: would be one which would make
blazing headlines in the States. We
(were certain our first stop would be
Tokyo and from all appearances the
rest of the operation would be equal
ly as important. Three wire service
(war correspondents appeared on
board, John L. Sullivan, who was to
be the new Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Air established himself
aboard. More high ranking officers
were coming and going than we had
ever seen before. We even had a
i short visit by Congressman Jamie
L. Whitten of Mississippi, who was
making an investigation for the Navy
appropriations committee. Yes, it
looked like big news was coming out
(of the next operation.
Into Hirohito's Living Room
On July 1 we upped anchor and
headed into the open sea once more
taking an angling north-east course
which would take us between the
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Fire Destroys Home
Near Here Tuesday
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Starting from an oil burner in a
wood range, fire destroyed the coun
try home of Mr. and Mis. Leo Rob
erson just off the McCaskey Road
near Williamston last Tuesday noon.
Very few of the contents were saved.
Members of the family were talk
ing with W. G. Teele in the living
room when Mrs Roberson went to
the kitchen and lighted the burner.
A few minutes later the fire was dis
covered and when Mr. Roberson
dashed a Mfj of WStejr or. fh« stove
id rop»44y
thirty or -fot-fe***.'nutcs the five- town
structure was burned to the ground.
Tite house and contents were par
tially covered by insurance.
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THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
After a bad start during the
first few days of the current
year, motorists on Martin Coun
Iv highways traveled through
the second week of January
without an accident, according
to reports coming from repre
sentatives of the highway patrol
Hut to date, the number of acci
dents in 1946 is a third greater
than in the first two weeks of
1945, and the “cost in injured
limbs and life has been much
gieater, not to mention the sev
eral hundred dollar property loss
increase.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and lact and
for each year to the present time.
Accidents Inj'd Killed Dain'gt
1946 0 0 U) $ 000
Second Week
1945 2 1 jj|i o
Comparisons' To Date
150
1946 3 2 1
1945 2 1 0
0
400
150
County i$oyrWrnirsiikTrnvgfr
The War in Pacific
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Entering the Army three years ago
this month, a group of Martin Coun
ty young men trained at various
centers together, went through the
final phases of the Pacific war to
gether, and returned home together
last Tuesday evening. “There were
enougli of us to give every place we
visited a Martin County flavor,” one
of the young men was quoted as say
ing following his return this week.
Thi‘ ten youths—Benjamin Jordan
Hopkins, Richard Gladstone Slade,
Gilbert Ward, William Maurice Pate,
James Maurice Stalls, Robert E.
James, Haywood E. Wynne, William
Russell Roebuck and John W. Gur
ganus—went through training and
the final phases of the Jap war with
out a scratch. “We were greatly
worried at times when bombs and
shells started falling all around us
about the time we reached Luzon,”
one of the boys admitted, adding that
they did not see much combat since
they were in the supply engineers.
Another youth, Win. C. Thomas, re
turnod home about a year on account
of his health, but the other ten rode
out the storm along with a similar
group from Bertie County and a fair
ly large number of boys from Dur
ham.
After a short stay at Fort Bragg
the boys shipped out to Camp Swift,
Texas, where they trained for about
five months. They moved on to
Camp Needles, California, for a nine
months’ training period, and after a
few days spent at Camp Stoneman,
Calif., they set sail for New Guinea
on March 31, 1944, arriving there 31
days later after a short stop at New'
Caledonia. The eight months spent
there were tough ones, and they mov
; ed on at the end of that time to L.u
17.on where they spent eight or nine
[months. Their last hop before com
ing home was to Japan. Leaving the
: emperor’s wrecked domain two days
j before Christmas, they docked in San
j Pedro, Calif, on January 3, and fin -
j ■ ■ Ily pushed their wuiy through Fort
j Bragg's separation center in time to
get home last Tuesday night.
Illicit Liquor Business
Delivered Heavy Blow
Thirteen Stills Are
Wrecked By Officers
In Five-Day Period
Ovrr I 4>nllon* IYIoIhmim'm
R<‘cr I’oiiiimI Out In
TIm* Cast W««(«k
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A crippling blow was dealt the il
licit liquor manufacturing business
in this county during the past few
days when Enforcement Officer J
H. Roebuck, assisted by his son, Vet
eran Julian Roebuck, and Deputy
Roy Reel wrecked thirteen distill
cries and poured out an estimated
I, 350 gallons of molasses beer.
“We have a few more plants on
our schedule and just as soon as we
gel them, we will have just about
cleaned up the racket," Officer Roe
buck said this week.
Last week saw more action on the
enforcement front than in any other
period in years. Bad weather and
unfavorable road conditions had
hampered enforcement work for a
short time, and a flare-up in the il
1 i< it business followed. It is quite
likely that the promoters of the il
licit business will find the latest
interruption costly, and possibly it
will mark the end of illicit activities
for a few.
The first of the raids was conduct
ed on Monday of last week when the
officers raided on the Matthews farm
in Hamilton Township and wrecked
a 100 gallon capacity gas drum used
as a still and poured out 100 gallons
of molasses beer.
On Tuesday the officers invaded
the other side of Hamilton Township
and wrecked two plants just off
Highway No. 11. They poured out
100 gallons of molasses beer at the
first and 200 gallons at the second
plant.
woing min ini' ir-opiai romi town
ship thi* following day, the officers
destroyed a plant in the making and
poured out 150 gallons of beer. Re
turning to Hamilton Township the
same day, the raiders wrecked two
more oil drums but found no beer.
Working closer home on Thursday,
tin officers wrecked an oil drum and
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iCmiiinued on page four)
Mrs.iiefiie Cherry
Died Late Tuesday
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Mrs. Hettie Irene Cherry, widow
of John D Cherry, died at her home
in Williams Township at 11:40 o’clock
last Tuesday night following a short
illness. In declining health for some
time, Mrs. Cherry was getting along
as well as usual until about one
o’clock that afternoon when she suf
fered a stroke, the end coming grad
ually a few hours later.
The daughter of the late William
and Mozella Roberson Anderson,
Mrs. Cherry was born in Williams
Township 51 years ago on March 14
When quite young she was married
to Mr. Cherry who died of a stroke
'following a brief illness about six
years ago.
Surviving are five sons, Howard,
Ulysses and Joe Cherrv, all of this
county, and Bryant Cherry of Ral
eigh; two daughters, Fiances Cherry
and Mrs James Hoggard, both ol
this county, and a half-brother, Noaf
P. Roberson, of Williams Township.
Mrs. Cherry was a member of the
Hotlv Spring Church for about fif
i j" teen years.
| Funeral services are In ing conduct
ed this afternoon at 3 o clock
Rev. W B. Harrington. Inteimen
| was in the Roberson Cemetery ir
Williams Township.
f RH> CROSS QUOTA ]
The Martin County Chapter of
the American Ited Cross has
been assigned a quota of $3,500
in the 1010 annual membership
drive, it was learned this week
from Chapter Chairman J. C.
Manning, l.ast year the organi
zation had a ouota of $0,200 and
raised eousiderablv more than
that amount.
It was pointed out that while
many activities of the organiza
tion have been discontinued fol
lowing the end of hostilities, a
great obligation to war victims
ami wounded American service
men should and must be met.
Change Ordered In
Color Of Tags For
Use On Guano Bags
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Fertilizer Willi 3.5 Percent
4 liloriuc hislin^iiislmlilc
By Green lathel
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Al a special session recently, the
State Board of Agriculture, by a vote
I of 5-2, designated a green tag to be
i borne by bags of tobacco fertilizer
Containing chlorine content of 3.5
j per cent.
Previously the board selected the
color yellow for such tags, but sub
sequent developments showed that
many companies are using yellow
tags to designate fertilizer contain
ing the preferred maximum chlo
line content of three percent. Stren
uous objections to this action of the
board was voiced by officials of these
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Clothes Are Stolen
From Car On Street
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A .silvt i fox coat, valued at $800,
hi, 1 two suit cases containing wear
ing appar el and other articles, were
r eported to have bei n stolen from a
car parked neat lire local bus station
* .rain stmt! herr Tuesday
afternoon. -a**,1!
Police stated that wlrile the owner s
were dining in a local cafe, some one
broke a small glass in a door to gain
access to the clothing. The names or
the owners could not be learned.
Several suspects were detained
o inpoi n, ily and questioned, but no
trace of the missing items could be
I established. Reports state that an
I other foreign car was parked near
| the looted ear, and police point out
that il was possible the haul was
made by outside parties.
FAKM Itl KfvM
v
.Meeting in the courthouse here
tonight at 7:30 o'clock members
of the Martin County Farm Bu
reau are expected to get a pretty
good idea of what agriculture has
| in store for the future. Repre
sentatives of the organization
who attended the national meet
ing of the Farm Bureau Federa
tion will make their reports, and
plans for havipg this county
repiesented at the State meet
ing to he held In Winston-Salem
on Ft In uaf$ 0, 7 and 8 will hr
discussed.
Members ot the organization
1, and others interested in agricul
> ture are invited to attend the
meeting tonight.
Fatally Burned At .
Home Near Here
Funeral This Afternoon For
Vietim Who Died Early
Wednesday Night
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Receiving third-degree burns from
her head to the tops of her little
shoes, while playing in the yard of
her home near here last Monday
morning, Judy Irene Price, four
years old, died in the local hospital
Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock
Her body charred in several places,
the little girl was conscious until
about one hour before the end, but
little hope had been held for her re
covery from the first.
Funeral services are being conduct
■d from the home this afternoon at
3:30 o’clock by Rev. H. M. Pope, pas
tor of the local Pentecostal Holiness
Church, and interment will follow
in the family cemetery, near the
home.
The child's parents left early that
morning to attend Archie Mizelle’s
hog killing and several of the other
children left a short time later for
school, leaving Judy and two older
sisters home with their grand
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Price. An older
sister, Pattie, was in the kitchen
and Judy wus in the living room
with another sister, Dorothy Mae,
when the grandmother went to the
kitchen after warning both of the
sisters to be good girls. While Doro
thy Mae, about twa years older, was
busy drawing, Judy pulled a chair
unnoticed to the mantel where she is
believed to have taken several
matches from the box. She had a
>uir of overalls on over her dress
md went into the yard to play. A
few minutes later the grandmother
beard the child scream and she ran
to the door. The little girl’s clothes
were burning from her shoes to her
■boulders, the flames extending pos
ubly two feet or more above her
head.
Mrs. Price poured some water on
her and the older sister help beat at
the fire with her hands, but not un
il most of the clothing had burned
xcept a small patch across the chest
and the seams around the waist.
Partly burned matches were found
in the yard near the spot where the
little girl was fatally burned, and
it is apparent that she accidentally
fired her clothing while playing witli
the matches.
Little Judy had begged to be al
lowed to accompany her parents to
the neighbor's hog killing, and slip
ped and hid in the foot of the car.
The weather was not very good and
they thought it best that she remain
it home with her sisters and grand*
mother.
Unusually bright, she was a smart
■liilil Just a short time ago she
completed the task .of picking up
evcral hundred pounds of pecans in
the yard where she liked to play and
romp.
Surviving are her parents, Robert
S. and Ruth Mizelle Price; six sisters,
Pattie, Chine, Virginia, Alice Ruth,
Dorothy Mae and Miza Matilda Price,
and two brothers, Johnny and Mel
vin Price.
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One Injured When
Car Leaves Hoad
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One person was painfully but not
seriously hurt and several others
were slightly bruised and shocked
when the car in which they were rid
ing tore down between 75 and 100
feet of fencing and plunged down the
embankment at Sweet Water Creek
near here on the Jamesville High
way at 1 00 o’clock last Tuesday
morning.
Miss Sarah , Hardison, young Wil
ftMttffc' /oVnalnp ifi- suffered .• ’leg
injury and was treated in the local
hospital. Grady Bn wnsfu ld, driver
of the car registered in the name of
James T. Machen, Dolly Hardison,
Wilton I.averne Godard, Dallas God
ard and Earl Green, other passeng
•ts in the car, were not hurt. The
iccident was not reported immedi
itolv and details could not be learn
ed. According to information gain
’d by Patrolman W. E. Saunders who
investigated the accident, a tire blew
out just as the car, traveling toward
Jamesville, crossed the creek bridge,
throwing the Ford coach into the
guard fence. Damage to the car was
, estimated at $300 by Patrolman
Saunders.
Brownsfield, originally from Ala
bama, is making his home in Wash
ington County.
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Miss Rogerson Resigns
,4s Draft Board Clerk
After five years of faithful service
as assistant clerk and later as clerk
of the Martin County Draft Board,
Miss Mary Rogerson recently resign
ed to accept a position in the local
offices ot the Virginia Electric and
"r.'.vcr Company She erverad her
new duties last Wednesday.
While her draft board work was
difficult under the stress of war, Miss
Rogerson handled it capably and
most pleasantly.